Qur'an Abuse Sparks Riot Khaled Al-Mahdi, Arab News
SANAA, 26 March 2007 - Hundreds of workers, outraged by an alleged desecration of the Qur'an by a French engineer, destroyed facilities and houses of foreign engineers at a giant gas-exporting project in southeastern Yemen yesterday. Witnesses said workers at Balhaf port in Shabwa province set a helicopter and nine cars on fire. The port is some 580 km southeast of the capital Sanaa. A security officer at the scene said police forces managed to disperse the rioting workers. "The situation is under control now," said the officer. He said three workers were injured in clashes with police. Witnesses said police shot in the air to disperse the rioters. The officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity said there were no casualties among the foreign workers as security forces managed to evacuate them swiftly. Government officials in Sanaa said an ad hoc panel headed by the Shabwa governor and the province's security chief would investigate claims by the workers that a French engineer kicked and tore the Qur'an apart. Yemen is looking to exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as an alternative to its dwindling oil reserves and sees the $3.7 billion Balhaf project as key to achieving that. <http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=94212&d=26&m=3&y=2007 <http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=94212&d=26&m=3&y=2007>> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
